disease, cirrhosis of the liver etc. From ninth century, from the
highlands of Ethiopia, it spread to Egypt and Yemen, and by the
15th century, had reached Azerbaijan, Persia, Turkey, and northern
Africa, then to Italy, and the rest of Europe, Indonesia, and to the
Americas. Even though Coffee is an everyday word, it also has
got certain qualifications to claim, unlike any other plant species.
The modern Green House concept was first tried with Coffee
plants by King Louis XIV of France who was an avid Coffee drinker.
Coffee was also the first plant to be grafted, and that apart it was
the first plant to spread the whole planet as an agricultural crop.
It is believed that Coffee beans first originated in Ethiopia in a
region called Kaffa. Historical books mention that roasting of
Coffee began around Damascus, because of the availability of a
special kind of iron, which could handle the thermal
characteristics required for roasting Coffee seeds. It also says that
Coffee beans were being chewed raw for many centuries.
Originally Coffee drinking became popular because of Ottoman
Sultan who ruled Istanbul. He noticed that Coffee is getting
recognition more than he wanted so he banned the trade